Right this moment, at 9:47 pm, the things that are running through my head are the things I didn't get done. This has happened before. I found a solution to list-caused insomnia. I write down what I did get done, check off the items and throw away the list. If it's more intense than that, I also write down what didn't get done, cross those off--as if I meant to ignore them--and then throw the whole thing away. Tonight, I will not focus on what didn't get done but what I already did:
√ 1. Read scriptures with the family.
√ 2. Exercised--yoga (ah, nice stretching)
√ 3. Researched classes and schedules at a college for my daughter.
√ 4. With my husband, gave a ride to a bicyclist caught in the rain.
√ 5. Visited a friend in the hospital.
√ 6. Visited with another friend and we discussed deep things. (just have to do that now and then).
√ 7. Had lunch with the family while watching 3 episodes of Monk. (This is a little embarrassing since I was supposed to be getting things accomplished.)
√ 8. Took care of emails and phone calls, including some that were for business.
√ 9. Took care of mail.
√ 10. Soaked the sore on my arm.
√ 11. Rinsed dishes and straightened the kitchen.
√ 12. Had writer's group, during which we updated our Twitter pictures. (Why does that always seem to take forever?)
√ 13. Fixed a goof on my website.
√ 14. Wrote a blog.
√ 15. Started the dishwasher.
WOW! I did not realize everything I got done. I can now go read in bed without guilt, and fall asleep happy!

Here's what I want to get done: (UPDATE: I actually managed to accomplish a few things!)

1. UPDATE: COMPLETED! Write The Encounters of Paul Bunyan, a play to be performed by twenty-three 9 yo during the summer at CET. (This MUST get done, not just a "want.")
2. UPDATE: COMPLETED!Format and create a cover for my book The Other Art: Theater Skills for Every Child, Home Edition.
3. UPDATE: COMPLETED!Upload it to Smashwords
4. UPDATE: COMPLETED! Format and create a cover for The Other Art, School Edition.
5. UPDATE: COMPLETED! Upload it to Smashwords.
6. UPDATE: COMPLETED! Complete the editing of White Fire.
7. UPDATE: COMPLETED! Re-edit White Fire.
8. UPDATE: COMPLETED! Format and get a cover for White Fire.
9. UPDATE: COMPLETED! Upload it to Smashwords.
10. UPDATE: COMPLETED! Write a new children's show for me and Chris to perform in August at Double Play Saturday.
11. Write a  new children's show for December's Double Play Saturday.
12. Complete a second draft for White Fire 2...which title alludes me right now.
13. Complete a second draft for Thirina's Desert...and decide whether I think it's worth editing beyond that.
14. Finish my last NaNoWriMo novel...and the name is totally gone out of my head. And I don't feel like looking it up.
15. Start a Kids monologue book.
16. UPDATE: COMPLETED! Get my Short Scripts for 2-3 Kids, which is already on SmashWords, onto Amazon.
17. Submit one of my picture books and get Steven Kellogg to illustrate it. (I love his pictures)
18. Learn how to illustrate well so I can create the illustrations for the rest of my picture books.

And while I'm at it, I'd also like to:

1. totally declutter the shed, the garage, the attic, and the office. I suppose my closet could use a going over too.
2. Landscape the front and backyards.
3. Build a new deck.
4. Create some pathways through the field.
5. Plant the upper field in trees--don't know what kind yet; or maybe timber bamboo.
6. Make a plywood cut-out of a panda or two and paint them and put them among the bamboo.
7. Fix up the barn.
8. Make a strong, deep, tall fence for the dogs.
9. Grow veggies all year.
10. Create a  fish hatchery in the back field.
11. Cross stitch a few gorgeous pictures and give them away to some special people as gifts. (Yes, I already know who but they can't know...because I might just finish the projects.)
12. And play more games.
13. And spend more time with family and friends.

(None of these items include anything on my bucket list.)

So, let's see, if I were to use Milo's pencil--the one he got from the Mathemagician (everyone should have at least one copy of this book; I've been through three or four in my lifetime and I want to get the Kindle version, too)--I could figure out how long all these projects are going to take...and maybe I could just live forever, too. :/

Next post will have to be: How I Whittled Down my To-Do LIst So I Didn't Drive Myself Insane!